Gearing for washing-machines.



No. 7|6,0l7. Patented Dec. I6, |902.

' -L. FAUL. 'Y

GEABING FOB WASHING MACHINES.

(Application :Iled Nov. 9, 1898.1

(No Model.)

' S'UNEEED f STATES LEWIS FAUL,

PATENT OFFICE.

A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

GEARING FOR WASHING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Lettersfatent N0'. 716,017, dated. December 16, 1902.

Application ii'led November 9,1898. Serial No. 695,954. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, LEWIS FAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gearing for'Washing-lvlachines, of which the following is al specification, 'reference being had therein to the accompanying' drawings.

My invention has relation to improvements in gearing for washing-machines; and the object is to provide improved and simplified mechanism for imparting reciprocating rotatory and reciprocating vertical movements to the rubber block or agitator. v

I have fully and clearly illustrated the in,- vention in theA accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view, partly in central section and partly in side elevation, showing my invention applied to a well-known construction of rubber block. Fig. 2 is an end elevation looking from the right of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan View.

A designates a tub or receptacle, in which the articles to be washed are deposited. This receptacle may be of any desired size and capacity and of such shape and convtouras may best suit it for the purposes intended. In the cover of the tub is formed a suitable opening 1, through which access is had to the interior, and this opening is closed by a door or lid 2, closely fitted thereto and working on suitable hinges 3 3, substantially as shown, and held closed by buttons 4 or other proper fastenings.

B designates the rubber block or agitator, which may be of anyvdesired construction. I have shown it as composed of radial arms provided with downward projecting arms or pieces. In the center of the body of the rubber is fixed a vertical stem 5, which passes loosely through an aperture 6 in the lid of the tub and projects upward above the lid and is formed with a rounded end 7 at its upper end, which ronndend is rotatively connected to a stirrup or frame, as hereinafter more speciically described. Secured to the door or lid of the tub is a frame C, composed of a substantial base piece or plate 8 and a cross-piece 9, arranged above the base-plate and from y which project oppositely-disposed and alining `standards 10 10X, formed on their inner faces with iianged guide-grooves 11, in which the side bars of a vertically sliding and reciproeating rectangular lifting-'frame 12 engage and are held.` In the lower cross-bar of the frame 12 is formed a housing 13, in the lower wall of which is formed a bearing through which the upper rounded end '7 of the stem 5 passes, and is secured to the frame, so that it will rotate in its bearing by means of a pin 14 or other suitable fastening. The base-plate 8 and cross-piece 9, with the standards, are held together and secured to the lid or door by means of bolts l5, let through lugs or extensions on them, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. Centrally in the base-plate 8 and in the cross-piece 9 are formed seats 16 16X, having annular flanges and constituting the bearings for the hub 17 of a gear wheel or pinion 18, which rotates on a horizontal plane, as shown. The hub of this wheel 18 is cored out, and in the opening thus formed the stem 5 of the rubber block is slidingly disposed, the stem being held to rotate with the wheel by being made angular or provided with fianges, as indicated, interengaging with like depressions or shapes in the core of the hub. On thestem of the rubber block is, arranged a .spiralspring s, bearing with one end against the under side of the lid and with the other end against the head of the rubber block, the expansive force of the spring serving to assist in pushing the rubber block down after being raised and also to keep the liftingframe in contact with the cam at all times.

Secured to the lid is a bracket 19, in the bridge of which is formed a vertical bearing 2O of' such length and diameter as to insure a stable retention of and suitable bearing for the stud shaft or journal 2l of a bevel gearwheel 22, which is held against downward displacement by a pin 23, the ends of which project over and lie on the end edges of the bearing. On the under face of the bevel gear-wheel 22 is formed or secured a downward-projecting pin 24 in the nature of a Wrist-pin and to the lower end of which is pivotally connected the one end of a rockgear 25, which extends forward into engagement with the gear wheel or pinion 18 and is kept in such engagement by a flange 26 on the face of the base-plate 8. Formed on the bracket 19 is a vertically-extending arm 27, having a bearing 27X formed thereon, and eX- tcnding from the base-plate of the frame is au arm or support 28, having its outer portion curved or directed upward, substantially as indicated, and formed or provided with a bearing 29, the seat of which is in alinement with the bearing 27X, and in these bearings 29 27 is journaled the shaft 30. Ou the shaft 30 is mounted a bevel gear-wheel 3l, which engages with the bevel gear-wheel 22 to actuate the rack-bar and impart rotation to the rubber block. On the outer end of the shaft 30 is secured a Iiy and power wheel 32 to equalize the movements of the mechanism and to which power is applied by means of a hand grasp or piece 33. On the inner end of the shaft 30 is formed or secured a cam 34, the head of which travels on the upper and lower bars of the lifting-frame l2 and serves to lift and depress that and in sequential effect reciprocate the rubber block.

The operation and function of the respective parts and elements have been particularly specied in the description. The full and combined operation may be here sum` marized as follows, to wit: Power is applied to the fly or power wheel, and that being turned as desired rotation is imparted to the shaft 30 and through the agencies of the gear-wheel thereon and the bevel gear-wheel 22, connected to the rack-bar, the pinion on the stern of the rubber block is rotated and of course the rubber block carried by the stem. This rotary movement agitates and rubs the things being washed. At the same time the cam actuates the frame vertically, either downward or upward, and imparts coincident movement to the rubber block. Thus the articles in the tub are continually agitated and pounded bythe dual movement of the rubber block.

It will be seen that the gearing which operates the pinion 18 upon the shaft or stem ofthe rubber block, and thus imparts the horizontal movements or oscillations thereto, is arranged in horizontal planes-that is, in planes which are parallel with the planes in which the rubber block is oscillated-and also that the gearing which imparts the lip-anddown or reciprocatory movements to the rubber block operates or moves in vertical planes`that is, in planes which are parallel with the planes in which the rubber block reciprocatesand that both of these sets of gearing are operated from a common motor-shaft.

What I claim is- 1. The means herein described for imparting to a shaft 5 rotative reciprocative and `tion of its length, a pinion mounted standards, said sha ft rotatively connected thereto,

ion and impart rotative reciprocative vertically-reciprocating movements,comprising a Vertically-reciprocating frame having upper and lower cross-bars connected to the said shaft, a pinion on the shaft, so disposed thereon as to rotate the shaft and permit longitudinal movement thereof, a rack-bar to r0- tate the pinion, a gear-wheel to reciprocate the rack-bar, a gear to operate the first-named gear-wheel, a shaft 30, a cam on the lastnamed shaft to engage the said upper and lower cross-bars of the said frame and vertically reciprocate the shaft 5, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a vertical shaft, the said shaft being mounted so as to be free to oscillate and also to reciprocate in the direcupon the said shaft, which is free to slide through the same, horizontally-disposed gearing for driving the pinion and imparting the oscillations to the shaft, ve1ticall'f-disposed gearing for imparting tothe shaft its up-and-down reciprocations, and a common motor-shaft for driving both of said sets of gearing, substantially as set forth.

The combination with a vertically-disposed shaft free to oscillate and to move in the direction of its length, a pinion 18 mounted upon said shaft, a reci procatory rack-bar movable in a horizontal plane to engage with the pinion, gearing mounted in a vertical plane and arranged to impart reciprocations to the said shaft in the direction of its length, a motor-shaft arranged to operate the said gearing, and other gearing arranged between the motor-shaft and the horizontal reciprocatory rack-bar, substantially as set forth.

4. Gearing, comprising a vertical vshaft adapted to oscillate and also reciprocate in the direction of its length, vertical standards, a rectangular frame, having upper and lower cross-bars, slidingly arranged between the and having the upper end of the a pinion on the shaft having its hub slidingly disposed thereon, a rack-bar to engage the pinmotion thereto, a horizontally-disposed bevel-gear, having pivotal connection to one end of the rack-bar, a horizontal shaft, a bevel-gear on the shaft to engage the horizontally-disposed bevel-gear, and a cam on the end of the shaft to engage the upper and lower bars of the said frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LE WIS FAUL.

Witnesses:

i SAML. D. Woon, t MATILDA SCHNEIDER.

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